Re: BSOD on DL140 G3 while installing Win2k3

1. Install OS with Embedded SATA RAID Disabled(No Drivers or F6 required) on one Harddrive.2. Once OS is installed, Extract the Embedded SATA RAID Drivers to a folder.3. Goto Control Panel-> Add New Hardware->Device is connected->New Hardware->Raid Controller->Have Disk->Browse to the folder where the Embedded SATA RAID Drivers were extracted. Select the .inf file->Install Adaptec Raid Driver.4. Restart the Server goto BIOS enable the Embedded SATA RAID.5. Press F8 and goto Sata Raid BIOS->Configure the Drives->Create Array->Raid 0/1 A warning message will appear "Warning: Configuring the drives will erase all Array information from the selected drives, if that drive is part of an array. Arrays using any of these drives as members will be affected! Do you want to continue?(Yes/No):". Press "Y" to continue.6. If Raid 1 is selected it will ask you what is the Source Disk, select the Right Disk in which OS was installed previously. Warning message might appear again. Select "Y".7. Rebuild will take sometime, once rebuild is complete restart the server.

Once rebooted Raid would be detected and windows would boot up, in windows it would detect new hardware and Adaptec Raid drivers will be installed. Now Server is built migrated to Raid Successfully.

Re: BSOD on DL140 G3 while installing Win2k3

No, Windows is not installed yet. This crash appears on the very first steps of installation, when drivers are loading (when you are offered to press F6 to load 3d party drivers, you should know this step). After all drivers seems to be loaded, the string "Starting Windows" appears, and then I see BSOD.

Re: BSOD on DL140 G3 while installing Win2k3

The problem of BSOD was solved by using IDE CDROM. But there is the other trouble now: Windows setup can't see SATA HDD. Even when I load them from the floppy. When I build drivers in the distributive, the same BSOD appears. I tried all drivers in the Storage Controller section for no use.

Re: BSOD on DL140 G3 while installing Win2k3

All problems are solved! Thanks for your assistance, everyone! For further trobleshooting I'll write down the steps, solving my problem.

1) I used IDE CD-ROM2) I created Windows 2003 distributive with build-in drivers (using nLite, http://www.nliteos.com/ ).3) Pushed a litle my HDD into the server case - the problem of undetecting HDD was a missing contact (HP bug, I think, he-he, the lock was clicked, but HDD wasn't connected).